Florida Senate Race

Top Industries

2012 Race: Florida Senate

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Most members of Congress get the bulk of their campaign contributions from two main sources: the industries that make up the economic base of their home district and the Washington-based interest groups that pay more attention to the member's committee assignments in Congress. In addition, most Democrats receive substantial sums from labor unions.

From this table, you can get a flavor of which are the top industries giving to the candidates running for Congress in your district. Do the industries match your local economy, or are they more Washington-based? If the latter, the candidate may have divided loyalties on issues where the interests of their cash constituents conflict with those of the voters who elected them.

Bill Nelson (D)

Industry

Total

Lawyers/Law Firms

$2,383,484

Retired

$938,280

Real Estate

$606,253

Health Professionals

$529,282

Lobbyists

$493,087

Securities & Investment

$418,915

Hospitals/Nursing Homes

$364,617

Leadership PACs

$337,000

Insurance

$319,788

Health Services/HMOs

$276,500

Business Services

$264,358

Pro-Israel

$255,450

Misc Finance

$219,168

TV/Movies/Music

$214,950

Air Transport

$213,850

Computers/Internet

$195,194

Defense Electronics

$191,417

Crop Production & Basic Processing

$185,506

Education

$171,583

General Contractors

$169,580

Connie Mack (R)

Industry

Total

Retired

$885,121

Republican/Conservative

$412,944

Securities & Investment

$360,334

Real Estate

$298,642

Leadership PACs

$280,500

Misc Finance

$216,836

Health Professionals

$199,159

Lawyers/Law Firms

$169,921

Oil & Gas

$136,400

Business Services

$128,777

Misc Manufacturing & Distributing

$123,214

General Contractors

$118,628

Food & Beverage

$116,475

Mining

$102,885

Insurance

$100,750

Lobbyists

$99,005

Misc Business

$98,185

Crop Production & Basic Processing

$94,442

Automotive

$69,986

Commercial Banks

$60,700

Ron McNeil (I)

No industry data found.

William G. Gaylor (3)

Industry

Total

Retired

$1,500

Chris Borgia (3)

No industry data found.

Lawrence Scott (I)

No industry data found.

Robert Monroe (I)

No industry data found.

Lionel Long (I)

No industry data found.

Naomi Craine (I)

NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the
2006 - 2012 Senate election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data available electronically on
Monday, March 25, 2013. ("Help!
The numbers don't add up...")

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